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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 54220

This procedure treats a prolonged, painful erection by irrigating and draining blood from the erectile tissue of the penis to relieve pressure and restore normal blood flow. It is an urgent treatment used when a prolonged erection does not resolve on its own.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection cost?

$530

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $530 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$251 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$132 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $132 to $380Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $200 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $214professional $316

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.38

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 8.8 times more in New York than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Dakota· 41st of 51

$530

$316 physician + $214 facility

NY $2,761AL $314

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.